Criminal Justice Students Bring Home Awards DANIELA GOPFERT and Supervised the Crime Scenario
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December 6. 1993 - SIDELINES. Page 13 Criminal Justice students bring home awards DANIELA GOPFERT and supervised the crime scenario. "As Assistant Life! Editor we were leaving the crime scene, the FBI The Chapter of the American agent in charge asked us what school we Criminal Justice Association/Lambda were from," reported member Harold Alpha Epsilon (ACJA/LAE) recently Wells. "He said he wanted to know made an impressive showing at their first because he thought our scene sweep was regional competition in Columbus, GA. impressive, professional and thorough." The nationally chartered and recognized The crime scene itself was a disorderly Criminal Justice organization brought hotel room filled with many well-hidden home seven awards including four clues as to what the crime scenario was academic and three performance awards. about and who the perpetrator was. Each Universities and Colleges from the team has only 15 minutes to sweep, ACJA/LAE Southeast region (which sketch and take notes on the scene. consists of TN, KY, NC, SC, GA, AL, According to ACJA/LAE Secretary, MS and FL) competed in academic Leigh Smith, "The MTSU chapter is testing, physical agility, firearms and requesting to host rcgionals sometime in criminal investigations. "It was a very the future. We would like to show off exciting and educational experience for our own faculty by having them write everyone," said ACJA/LAE President, the academic tests and plan and Wyla M. Poscy. "We learned a great supervise the crime scene deal from the more experienced chapters investigations." The members of the who said they were surprised and chapter would also like to thank their impressed by our performance at our Department Chairman, Dr. Frank Lee, first competition." Advisor William Shulman and the rest ol The academic honors included a the Criminal Justice faculty for second place award in Juvenile Justice supporting the association and teaching and a third place award in Criminal Law, the classes that enabled the group to won by Cathy Pardue. Wyla Poscy won perform so well. second place in both Criminal Law and ACJA/LAE will go to Chicago lor Police Administration. Terry Ward and national competition in April and next Above: Angela Sanders clears an obstacle in the physical agility competition Juli Mark won second and third place fall's rcgionals will be held in Fort Below: (L to R) Hunt Blair, Terry Ward, Cathy (Betly) Pardue Juli Mark, Leigh respectively in the physical agility Laudcrdalc. Florida. Anyone interested Smith, Charles Keller, Wyla M. Possey, David Loflis, and Candida Walker ot the competition. Their awards were based in joining ACJA/LAE should contact Lambda Alpha Epsilon organisation. on timed completion of an obstacle Wyla M. Poses at 893-1502. course, six-loot wall, several coordination tests, and a 100-yard-dasli. Charles Keller and Cathy Paiduc won a special third place award for their theatrical performance at a Cultural Diversity symposium. Most of the chapter members competed in the firearms competition with LceAnnc Ruckcr-Rccd shooting a 313 in the novice division and David Loflis shooting a 399 in the professional division Hunt Blair. one ol the firearms coaches for the group, said, "I was very pleased with the dedication and initiative shown by all of our firearms competitors. These students spent their own time, money and resources on ammunition, range lees and practice for this competition I would like to thank Karen Morgan for her last-minute shooting substitution. We all pulled together as a team and it was a job will done." 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